Monday, January 05, 2009

DC Direct JSA Dr. Mid-Nite Action Figure

And I continue with my JSA collection by adding Dr. Mid-Nite.

He's a decent-looking figure. He's more muscular than I'd have expected, but overly so. The costume looks great, particularly the cape. The only problem appearance-wise is that the loincloth hanging down in front curls up, which I'd expect if he'd been sitting for a while (it's soft plastic) but he hasn't been. The detailing is fine, even down to the little moons on the front buttons. I've been very pleased with the JSA line overall, in part because it's featured some characters you just don't see elsewhere, but in part because the quality is very good.

Because of the cape, he doesn't sit very well, but he's decently posable apart from that. He bends well at the hips, bends at elbow and knee, turns out at the shoulder, and turns at wrist and boot. The neck motion is limited but acceptable.

And he comes with an owl, which the kids think is just great. They plan to have him hang out with the Redwing (the Falcon's bird) once they locate him. In the mean time, we have been trying to attach it magnetically to Mid-Nite's arm, which it is supposed to do, but unfortunately it doesn't work very well.

1 comment:

ARS said...

If you have the Alpha Flight double pack action figures then you get an owl with that one as well, along with I think a white wolverine and Puck. The other packs had Sasquatch and Heather Hudson Guardian, Northstar and Aurora. Heather Figure is pretty cool as well as Sasquatch. Snowbird is just pretty, doesn't stand well, but cloth cape.